Barn Owl (Tyto alba)

I was lucky enough to catch this Barn Owl hunting through our garden, this is a wild bird.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• barn
• owl
• birds
• hunting
• garden

[guthixshowdown]

Please tell me they're legal in america to keep as pets! Are they?

[ashleystow]

Why on Earth would you want a wild Owl for a pet?. Captive birds are never the same as wild birds and take a lot of looking after, they are not a toy or status symbol and need a lot of attention.

To watch a wild Barn Owl hunting at dawn or dusk is a very magical and uplifting sight to see, there really is no need to keep one as a pet as they are wild birds and belong in the wild.

[falcoperegrinus82]

Such awesome birds.

[nickm212650]

I think there may be one of these birds living near my house. I hear this screeching sound every night. I wish I could spot the bird but every time I run out to see it, its nowhere to be found..

[lchlucky]

@ashleystow Lame

[TheCoolGuy367]

@guthixshowdown Well yes they are legal to keep as pets in America IF you have a falconry license, or a some sort of caretaker license, and you request a permit from the goverment to allow you to keep them in captivity. If they give you permission than feel free to get the owl as a pet. OH and each owl requires a new permit to keep, so it isn't universal to all owls.

[ayrtonsenna2798]

absolutley amazing barn owls are my favourite bird

[racefaceec90]

i am lucky enough to live somewhere,where you can see a fair few of them (live in wiltshire uk) i saw 3 whilst night riding on saturday.absolutely silent flyers.just feel really lucky everytime i see one :-)

[mikeydb97]

write in mikeydb97 barn owl flying to glove

need views

Thanks.

[GirlSpiritWolf]

belive it or not barn owls are actually indangered because thier habitat is being destroyed and posion it being put down to kill rodents (they barn owls prey) im making a Save The Barn Owl vid now it should be uploded today!!!! ;-)

[Ratfoxcat]

There is plenty of barn owls where i live, I always hear them at night, Once i was over the golf course just round the corner from me and found a owls head. I think a fox must of got it.

[Dani9HD]

please i want to ask someone who knows from owls well!!!!! please is important!!

[Pellimore10]

I LOVE Owls! I hear them, but I never get to see them! It's just a shame to know that these beautiful birds are endangered.